干 (乾) gān

1. gān adjective dry
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 乾 (Guoyu '乾' gān adj 1)
2. gān adjective parched
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 乾; in the sense of 枯竭 (Guoyu '乾' gān adj 2)
3. gān noun trunk
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 幹 (CC-CEDICT '幹'; Guoyu '幹'; Unihan '幹')
4. gān adjective like family
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 乾; for example, 干爹 'godfather' (Guoyu '乾' gān adj 4)
5. gān noun Kangxi radical 51
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Traditional 干 (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '干' gān n 7)
6. gān noun dried food
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 乾 or 干; for example, 牛肉干 'beef jerky' (Guoyu '乾' gān n 1)
7. gān verb to dry out
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 乾 (Guoyu '乾' gān v 1)
8. gān verb to use up
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 乾; in the sense of 竭尽 (Guoyu '乾' gān v 2)
9. gān verb to slight; to look down on
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 乾; in the sense of 怠慢 (Guoyu '乾' gān v 3)
10. gān adverb with nothing remaining
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 乾 (Guoyu '乾' gān adv 1)
11. qián noun qian; the first of the Eight trigrams
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Trigram 卦
    Notes: Symbolic form ☰; listed in the 易經 ”Book of Changes” (NCCED '乾' n 1; Nylan 2001, p. 218; Unihan '乾')
12. qián noun the male principle
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 男性的. For example, in 易經·繫辭上 ”Book of Changes” - Xi Ci I: 乾道成男 'The attributes expressed by Qian constitute the male' (trans. Legge 1882; Guoyu '乾' adj; NCCED '乾' 2; Unihan '乾')
13. qián proper noun Qian
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (NCCED '乾' n 2)
14. gān adverb in vain
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 乾; in the sense of 徒然 (Guoyu '乾' gān adv 2)
15. gān adverb superficially
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 乾; in the sense of 表面的 (Guoyu '乾' gān adv 3)
16. qián proper noun Qian [symbol]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 乾; name of a divination symbol 卦名 in the Yijing (Guoyu '乾' qián n 1)
17. qián proper noun Qian
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: Traditional: 乾 or 干 (Guoyu '乾' qián n 2)
18. qián adjective masculine; manly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 乾 (Guoyu '乾' qián adj)
19. gān noun a shield
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; in the sense of 盾 (Guoyu '干' gān n 1)
20. gān noun gan [heavenly stem]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; same as 天干 (Guoyu '干' gān n 2)
21. gān noun shore
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; in the sense of 岸边 (Guoyu '干' gān n 3)
22. gān noun a hoard [of people]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; in the sense of 群 (Guoyu '干' gān n 5)
23. gān verb to commit an offense
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; in the sense of 干犯 (Guoyu '干' gān v 1)
24. gān verb to pursue; to seek
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; in the sense of 求取 (Guoyu '干' gān v 2)
25. gān verb to participate energetically
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; for example, 干政 'participate in politics' (Guoyu '干' gān v 3)
26. gān verb to be related to; to concern
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; in the sense of 有关系, as in 相干 (Guoyu '干' gān v 4)

Contained in

• 吃干饭(吃乾飯) to be incompetent; useless; good-for-nothing
• 干物女(乾物女) single girl who is not interested in relationships, living a lackadaisical life
• 出满勤，干满点(出滿勤，幹滿點) to be assiduous and work full hours
• 干爽(乾爽) dry and clean; clear and fresh
• 干才(幹才) ability; capable
• 树干(樹幹) tree trunk
• 干材(幹材) ability; capable
• 烘干(烘乾) to dry over a stove
• 干脆利落(乾脆利落) (of speech or actions) direct and efficient; without fooling around
• 干粮(乾糧) rations
• 干支 Stem-Branch cycle; Sexagenary Cycle
• 干卿底事 something related to you; what has this go to do with you?
• 才干(才幹) ability; competence
• 牛肉干(牛肉乾) dried beef; jerky; charqui
• 造血干细胞(造血幹細胞) blood generating stem cells (in bone marrow)
• 不干不净(不乾不淨) unclean; filthy; foul-mouthed
• 干政 interference in state affairs
• 干系(干係) responsibility
• 包干制(包乾制) a system of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
• 大溪豆干(大溪豆乾) Tahsi or Dasi dried dofu, Taiwanese Taoyuan speciality
• 强干(強幹) competent; capable ; a sturdy trunk ; not afraid of difficulty
• 天干地支 the ten heavenly stems and the twelve Earthly branches
• 新干线(新幹線) Shinkansen
• 躯干(軀幹) trunk; torso
• 洗手不干(洗手不幹) to totally stop doing something; to reform one's ways
• 饼干(餅乾) biscuit; cracker; cookie ; a cookie
• 能干(能幹) capable; competent
• 干休 to let matters rest
• 干净利落(乾淨利落) squeaky clean; neat and tidy; efficient
• 十天干 the ten Heavenly Stems
• 蛮干(蠻幹) to act rashly; to act precipitously regardless of the consequences; reckless; foolhardy; daredevil
• 苦干(苦幹) to work hard
• 有何贵干(有何貴幹) What (noble errand) brings you here?; May I help you?; What can I do for you?
• 干透(乾透) to dry out; to dry completely
• 干肉(亁肉) dried meat
• 有才干(有才幹) capable
• 煎干(煎乾) to boil dry
• 吹干(吹乾) to blow-dry
• 干爹(乾爹) adoptive father
• 干煸土豆丝(乾煸土豆絲) dry-fried potato slices
• 主干网络(主幹網絡) core network
• 干着急(乾著急) to worry helplessly
• 干哕(乾噦) to retch
• 调干(調幹) to reassign a cadre; to choose a worker to be promoted to cadre
• 干校(幹校) school for cadres
• 干嘛(幹嘛) what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth?

Also contained in

尼干陀子外道 、 干将莫邪 、 奴儿干都司 、 渭干河 、 费尔干纳

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Truncated for common words

• 卷一百二十五 載記第二十五 乞伏國仁 乞伏乾歸 乞伏熾磐 馮跋 Volume 125 Records 25: Qifu Guoren; Qifu Gangui; Qifu Chipan; Feng Ba Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 69
• 卷八十三 志第三十六 律曆十六 Volume 83 Treatises 36: Measures and Calendar 16 History of Song 宋史 — count: 62
• 卷二一　列傳第十三　 高乾 封隆之 Volume 21 Biographies 13: Gao Gan (Northern Qi); Feng Longzhi Book of Northern Qi 北齊書 — count: 59
• 卷三十一　列傳第十九:　高允 高祐 盧曹 Volume 31 Biographies 19: Gao Yun, Gao Yu, Lu Cao History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 53
• 卷十七 志第七 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 7: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 39
• 卷八十九 志第四十二 地理五 Volume 89 Treatises 42: Geography 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 35
• 卷七十六 列傳第二十六: 太宗諸子 Volume 76 Biographies 26: Taizong's Sons Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 30
• 卷八十二 志第三十五 律曆十五 Volume 82 Treatises 35: Measures and Calendar 15 History of Song 宋史 — count: 30
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 27
• 第二十八回 Chapter 28 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 26

Collocations

• 干侯 (乾侯) 公在乾侯 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 44
• 在干 (在乾) 公在乾侯 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 15
• 子干 (子乾) 右尹子干出奔晉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 14
• 次于干 (次於乾) 而次于乾谿 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 8
• 干时 (乾時) 及齊師戰于乾時 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 5
• 干谿 (乾谿) 而次于乾谿 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 5
• 干肉 (乾肉) 乾肉不齒決 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 5
• 朱干 (朱乾) 朱干 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
• 干溪 (乾溪) 弒其君虔于乾溪 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
• 干征 (乾徵) 楚人執陳行人干徵師 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4